Method of operating induction-motors.



' No. 890,699. PATENTEO .TUNE 16, 1908.

R. H. PARKER. METHOD OP OPERATING'INDUOTION MOTORS.

APPLIOATION FILED BECA, 1905.

Witnesses:

Fzoberlclqpqyke f Invnior:

@MJMH f UNITED OFFICE.

ROBERT H. PARKER, OF SCHENEOTADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF N EW YORK.

METHOD OF OPERATING INDUCTION-MOTORS.

Specification o1' Lettersv Patent.

Patented June 16, IQS.

Application filed December 4, 1905i seal No. 290,145.

, useful Improvements in Methods of Operat ing lnduration-Motors, of which the following is a speciiication.A v

My invention relates to induction motors ci the type in `which both stator and rotor are coil-wound, and consists in a novel method of operating,v such inotors. v lt has been proposed heretofore to operate motors of this type at twicesynchronous speed by bringing; the rotor up to that speed and connecting both windings to a source of polyphase current with one phase of one winding relatively reversed. A motor thus connected has heretofore always been considered as essentially a synchronous,Y---or niorc strictly sneaking, a d ouble-synchronous ina-A chine. have discovered, however, that a machine ol this typc, with the coniiections above mentioned, niay be operated asyn` chronously at substantially the saine speed as though one Winding were short-circuited in the usual manner, and that a machine thus operated possesses certain material advantages over the ordinary induction motor. A n'iotor thus connected, and operating asynchronously at a speed somewhat below synchronisin like an ordinary induction motor, `may vbe consid-eredas in reality two inotors in one. The polyphase currents supplied to the stator produce a rotary field which revolves synchronously with respect rto the stator, and induces in the rotor, which revolves at a certain slip below synchronisni, low frequency alternatingcurrents, as in the usual induction motor. lf both windings are connected in parallel to the source, the stator winding' serves to complete the circuit 'of the .rotor for the low frequency currents, and

since the induced rotor currents are of very low lr qucncy, the impedance offered by the stat` i riding` to these currents is sinall and the rotor .acts'with'respect to these currents as though it were directly short-cir'nlited. ln other words, the rotary field produced by the currents supplied to the stator produce an induction motor action intl'ie usual way. A second rotary iield, inoreover, exists in the motor, produced by the currents supplied tc the rotor. This 'field revolves -at a syn chronous speed with respect to the rotor, and.

in a direc-tion opposite to the rotation ol` the rotor and of the stator rotary held. Since the rotoris moving at a speed somewhat below synchronisin, this second rotary lield revolves in space at a speed corres ending to theslip.oihewroton and in a irection in space, or in other words, with respect tothe stator, op osite to the direction of rotation.

Aof the lie d produced by the currents su plied to the stator. This second rotary fie d consequently induces in the stator windinv" low frequene)v secondary currents which iinil a closed path through the rotor winding.

If stator and rotor are connected directly in parallel to the saine source, the low frequency currents induced in both windings are in phase with respect to the closed local circuit formed by the two windings and consequently forni asingle resultant low frequency current which flows through the two windings in series. A second induction motor action is thus produced by this second rotary iield. The ef'liciency of a motor o )erated in this manner is greater than that oi an ordinary induction motor, and also its maximum output is greater. The reason for this is, first, that the inagnetiaing currents are divided equally between the two windings, and secondly, the ohrnic loss in each winding is not the suin of the ohniic loss which would be roduced by each current singly, but instead), is only the square-root of the sum of their squares. This follows from the well known law that when a conductoris traversed by an alternating-current and a direct current, or by two alternating currents of diil'erent frequency, the ohmic loss is not the sum oi the losses which would be produced by each of the ciu'rents singly; but is equal to the square-root of the sum of their squares. (,onsequently, for a given load on the motor the energy wasted in heat due to ohmic drop is less than in an induction motor operated in the usual mannen-or stated'in another way, for the saine amount of heating, a machine o )erated in accordance with my invention will carry a greater load than a machine operated in the usual manner with current supplied to only one winding and. the other short-circuited.

At starting an induction motor it is desirable, from the standoint both of eili- 'ciency and torque, that t yie secondary windingr should contain a high resistance.

My invention, therefore, further conslsts tributed coils b.

in starting an induction motor with only one winding connected to the s ource f current, and the other short-circulted through resistance inthe usual manner and then when the motor is up tospeed, connectin the sec? In the draWings,-A represents the stator of an induction motor rovided with the usual arrangement of distributed coils a.

B represents the rotor, which is constructed in the usual manner and provided with dis- The rotor is also provided with collector rings C, connected to fixed points on the rotor winding, by means of which current may be supplied to the rotor.

D represents a controlling switch adapted in one position to connect the stator winding to a source of three-phase current indicated by the line-wires E, and to short-'circuit the rotor winding through a resistance F, and in its other position to connect both stator and rotor through the line-wires E. It will be observed that when the stator and rotor are both connected to the source, the terminal connections of one phase are reversed relatively to the two windings, so that if the'rotary field produced by the current supplied to the stator is considered, as rotating in a counter-clockwise direction, the currents supplied to the rotor winding will produce a rotary field which revolves in a clockwise direction with respect to the rotor winding. The stator field revolves synchronously, as 1n the ordinary induction motor, and the rotor winding revolves in the 'same direction at a speed somewhat below synchronism. The rotor field, which revolves in the op osite direction and atI a synchronous s ee with respect to the rotor winding, revo ves in space,

or with respect to the stator windinggin a direction opposite to that of the stator field,

and at a speed corresponding to the slip of' the rotor.

With the connection shown in Fig. 2, the motor is started exactly like the usual induction motor, with the resistance in the secondary circuit, and when up to speed operates with two rotary fields revolving in opposite directions in the manner heretofore described, and with the advantages which have been heretofore pointed out.

Although I have illustrated a motor supplied with polyphase current, m invention, 1n its broadest aspects, is not i'mited to a senese polyphase motor. A single-phase induction motor, when operating at a speed somewhat below synchronism, possesses a rotary field, and consequently, if' a single-phase motor is brought up to normal s eed and the rotor windlng is then connecte to the single-phase source, two rotary fields will be reduced in the motor, rotating in opposite irections in the same manner as the fields roduced by polyphase currents heretofore escribed. Furthermore, although I have shown -the two windings connected directly in parallel to the source, this connection is not essential for operation. If the two windings were connected to different sources, as, for instance, to different transformers, the operationwould be exactly the same as has been heretofore explained, except that the statement in reA gard to each winding serving to close the circuit of the other winding would not a ply. Instead, the low frequency current in uced in each winding would close itself through the source or any other circuit in parallel with that Winding.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,

1. The method of operating asynchronously an induction motor having both rotor and stator coil-wound, which consists in producing two rotating fields in said motor,` one rotating at synchronous speed with respect to the stator and the other rotating in the Olpposite direction at a speed with res ect to t e stator corresponding to the slip o the rotor below synchronous speed.

2. The method of operating asynchronously an induction motor having both rotor and stator coil-wound, which consists in sup plying polyphase currents to fixed points on the windings of both members with the terminal connections of one phase of rotor and stator relatively reversed so as to produce in the motor two rotary fields rotating in space in opposite directions.

3. The method of operating asynchro-- nously an induction motor having both rotor and stator coil-wound, which consists in connecting fixed points on both rotor and stator winding in parallel to a source of polyphase current with the terminal connections of one phase relatively reversed so as to produce in the motor two rotary fields rotating in space in opposite directions.

4. he method of operating an inductionv motor having both rotor and stator coilwound, which consists in establishing suitable connections for starting and when the motor has approached synchronous speed sup lying alternating-current to fixed points on oth windings whereby two rotary fields are produced rotating in space in opposite directions. Y

5. The method of operating an induction motor having both rotor and stator coilwound, which consists in starting the motor lio ,when the motor is up to spe ings with the terminals of one 'phase of one.

winding relatively reversed so as yto produce in' the motor two rotary fields rotating in space in opposite directions.

6. The method of operating an induction motor havin both rotor and stator coilwound, whic consists in connecting one winding to a source of polyphase currents and short circuiting. the second winding through a resistance at startig, and then connecting said second winding to said source with one phase lreversed so as to produce in the motor two rotary elds rotating in space in opposite directions.

7. The method of operating an induction motor having both rotor and stator coilwound, which consists in bringing the motor nearly up to synchronous s eed and then operating the motor by supp ying alternatingcurrent to iixed points' on both windings whereby two rotary fields are produced rotating in space in opposite directions.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of November, 1905.

ROBERT H. PARKER.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN 1B. HULL, HELEN ORFORD. 

